Instead of scenic views and observations,
we watch reels.
Instead of conversations:
“Look at this.”
When a farmer
tells you “No”,
accept what they say.
Don’t give reasons why,
or why not,
or why they should,
or should not.
Don’t make excuses.
Just listen
and learn.
(Especially if
it’s the farmer’s land.)
Alone, burning fire,
I clear, clean, and cleanse the past;/
Wish for future growth.
You’re gone. I’m left here,
ashamed, knowing in your pain,
I avoided you.
You know what to do?
Then run the plot line and just
leave out the fight scenes.
From Death springs new Life./
Logs lay amidst leaves where they/
were left. What grows next?
Some guy named Spencer McFarland made this comment, captured in a meme (which many woman are gleefully reposting) :
Advice To Girls (ironic the advice is given by a man!)
My wife responded:
“I’d rather not be loud and gross and take up space. I’d rather be calm and clean and be present or off doing what I want. I’d rather not be snide and sarcastic. I’d rather be loving and kind. I’d rather be helpful, kind and respectful of everyone … including myself. I don’t need to say no to everyone but I also don’t need an excuse to say no if I’d rather use my time a different way.”
My response to my wife?
I enjoy having a wife/
who doesn’t plot or scheme,/
or need a Facebook meme, /
to tell her how to live her life
Only someone from/
Wisconsin would eat ice cream/
before their cheese curds.
She’s got nothin’ to say.
In my loneliness I can tell,
I’m under her spell,
But her checkmark is grey.*
[*Facebook instant messenger has a blue check when the message is read, a grey check when it hasn’t been read.]
Late at night I find/
myself wondering which path/
to take to reach her.